The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-06-24
OUR SISTER COUNTY.
Dlssemblcrs and Party Blunders.

a Auo iUleTeSlS oi tue
!. party of Hancock county demand
thorough party organization. Fo
some years past this has been sadl
neglected and u party has place,
I no candidates IN the field for an.
county office. The result has been
With few exceptions, the placing il
: office Republicans or nOn.part!
men. This failure Of the party t,
i. select candidates for its member
to support, entails party defeat AM
is a gross Injustice to every honest
Democratic candidate who an
nOnnces his candidacy as subject
to the action of the party. To il.
luStrate this, let us take the election
of 1885 when there were three can.
didates in the field for Representa-.
tive-one a known Republican, an.
other an Independent Democrat,
SO.called-and allow MS TO remark
here that no man seeking Office
should be regarded as a Democratic
candidate unless he makes a public
announcement that his nomination
is subject to the action of tFe
Democratic party. Fellow Demo.
Gratis, be ware of all such as tail
herein ; they are disSemblers, the
greatest of whom, says Bacon, is
the weakest sort of politicians. But
to return. The third candidate for
Representative subjected his nOmi-
nation to the action of the Demo.
cratic party by public announce.
ment in the newspapers. 1t will he
remembered that no convention or
primary Was held, aud This Candi.
date, prompted by his devotion to
the interests of the party, withdrew
from the race, hoping thus to de.
StrOy the chances OF a Republican
victory, but without avail. The
sir, demonstrates the truth
OF our remarks. viz: The neglect
of the party AS an organization, to
name its candidates entails party
defeat and is a gross injustice to
every Democrat who, as Il candi-
date, is subject to its action.
Further, this edo nothingn spirit
has a tendency to degrade, if not
destroy the very principles which
the corner stone upon which
lur great party Superstructure is
and causes candidates TO
20 out after strange gods. All con.
lstent Democrats will feel thankful
o the DEMOCRAT STAR tor it's eli
orial of last week calling attention
o this derelietiOn of our party. Oh
its fountain head, the so.
allied Executive COmmittee.n
When Mr.. w. A. Brown, as chair,
IAN of the County Democratic
Executive Commute, last year, is
led a call to the Beat Executive |
omDitteeS TO appoint delegates 7
a county convention to be held
! July 21st, the Executive Com. 4
ittee of Beat No. 5 raised a howl
lndlgnati0nand passed resolutions
'ndemmng the manner IN which \
hartman Browns call WAS made,
- arbitrary, nndemOcratic aud ;,
ntrary to The customs and usagps \
the DrmocrS ic plrty,V etc, etc. ;,
+. Howard W. Wilkinson was :
cretary Of that CaSus c~0nScieRti9. =,
It II the recent action, and cOn -.
lnal non action of the plesent =,
'nnty Executive Committee, of -
llch Mr.. Wilkinson is acting -.
alrman, Is any evidence we should 81
that he is no longer saturated y,
til that spirit of justice, consist.
;y aud ultra Democracy by which
and his colleagues were spurred 4,
action last July. a,
The present County Executive o.
mmittee, at its meeting on the ~
day of last month did not so s.
ch as "condescend to call a county ;"
lvention, but assumed the re. s.
visibility of appointing delegates rs
III each Beat III the county to -.
resent the cOunrY in the District A.
nventiOn, one of the delegates =;
appointed being from Il Beat not 4.
N represented at the meeting. ~
published minutes relate that
t "the question of calling a cOun-
convention was discussed and tn
owe for consideration at the p,
t (D meeting" There is too ma
ch ''monkey business" about this :.
/ of work. The duties of the y"
Committee are purely TO
Iisterial, or, as the name implies, til
cntive. 1t is, or should be, the of
OF the party aud not the
ster or director. Its plain duty
o call a county convention that ut
strength OF the party may be
ted and utilized. There are too u
ny slip.shod politicians holding laI
20 in Hancock county now, and tbi
he Democrats are in tue MAORI. IN
hey should fill every Office with -
ember of their party, aud would oe
hey knew upon whom to unite. tn
or county convention is
only means to obtain this end
force scrub candidates to a oul
laratiOn of principles. ma
here are now candidates scat. a.,
d through the county, who pass WI
rent for Democrats, yet are me
id to so announce themselves ani
lear of loosing the "nigger vote" on
such we say, beware! 1t
etter TO be a defeated Democrat 4,
} to practice a policy of dissem. 1
ion. Ii YOU are ashamed to DO
fba nartv I,v !, ,.;u l.. tba